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Batterygate??

Lost about 13% overnight in 8hours last night and I can't understand why when two nights before i only lost 3%

normally my battery life has been great.

went to bed with

3 hours, 40 minutes usage

woke up to

4 hours, 14 minutes usage

i got 3 notifications but thats it...what else is running?
 
My phone sitting on my table with no interaction from me and it's down to 90% from 100% in just two hours. This is weird.
 
HighFlyingBirds said:
Well after 2 days of experimenting with different Apps, the only App I have found that starts the Battery Drain is Facebook. Im still running IOS 5.0
Granted I haven't tried all my Apps yet, just the most frequently used ones!
I am now getting round about 2 days standby with everything on!
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I have never had the FB app and see 5% drain an hour in standby with most settings turned off. Might be that the FB app is bad but it is not the source of my problems atleast:)
 
This was my usage:
  • Push notifications on for Facebook, Whatsapp and Mail
  • Email set to fetch every 30 mins
  • Streaming radio for about 2 hours on iHeartRadio (on 3G for about an hour)
  • Calls/text/email/twitter throughout the day
  • One wifi sync of about 4 podcasts

Not bad at all but I would welcome any "fixes".
 

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SirStrumalot said:
This was my usage:
  • Push notifications on for Facebook, Whatsapp and Mail
  • Email set to fetch every 30 mins
  • Streaming radio for about 2 hours on iHeartRadio (on 3G for about an hour)
  • Calls/text/email/twitter throughout the day
  • One wifi sync of about 4 podcasts

Not bad at all but I would welcome any "fixes".
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thats not bad at all...with that kind of usage I would have 3 hrs usage max.
 
I don't understand what's going on with the usage time as the phone idles. I'm getting massive usage times as it idles.

I delete all the apps from the bar, hard reset and then charge the phone. Once it's charged and I leave it alone no usage times, as soon as I turn the screen on and go into any app usage times start rising as the phone idles.

This is my third 4S and I have set it up as new, nothing but weather in notifications (makes no difference if I turn weather off).

On 5.0 or 5.0.1 makes no difference. Driving me nuts. :(
 
The whole thing is making me very paranoid - i've booked an appointment with the 'genius' store this week. My battery life 'seems' poorer but I always charged my phone 100% every night (even with the iPhone 4) and it lasts all day with average use - still come home with about 40%. I'm not sure if this is good or bad as the whole batterygate thing is making me think bad thoughts:confused:
 
Before I recharge my iPhone, I quit all of the apps and reboot the phone while holding down the home and power buttons. Since I've started doing this, my usage times have gone from about 5.5 hours to 9 or 10 hours. I do a lot of streaming radio and podcasts. I'm on 5.0, and I'm not about to move to 5.0.1 at this point.
 
Fesan said:
I have never had the FB app and see 5% drain an hour in standby with most settings turned off. Might be that the FB app is bad but it is not the source of my problems atleast:)
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It looks like the FB App starts some process that doesn't quit until the phone is rebooted. Other Apps may also start this process.
Have you tried seeing your phone up as new and not putting any apps on it and seeing what happens?
 
crackedandblack said:
The whole thing is making me very paranoid - i've booked an appointment with the 'genius' store this week. My battery life 'seems' poorer but I always charged my phone 100% every night (even with the iPhone 4) and it lasts all day with average use - still come home with about 40%. I'm not sure if this is good or bad as the whole batterygate thing is making me think bad thoughts:confused:
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Why don't you post what you get on average so you can get some reassurance?

Pipper99 said:
Before I recharge my iPhone, I quit all of the apps and reboot the phone while holding down the home and power buttons. Since I've started doing this, my usage times have gone from about 5.5 hours to 9 or 10 hours. I do a lot of streaming radio and podcasts. I'm on 5.0, and I'm not about to move to 5.0.1 at this point.
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I'm lucky to GET to 5 hours... I'm waiting it out, though. Everyone is going nuts, and understandably so, but Apple always gets it right if it's software based (had to cover the Antennagate arguments). It just might take some patience.
 
Im thinking about going to the apple store to exchange my iphone 4s... Ive been paitently waitin for these updates to fix my battery problems, but ive had it now...

Will they replace it if i bought it off of sprint? Or would i have had to buy it from apple in order for the genius bar to swap it and give me another one.?
 
SweetLou122 said:
fuuuuuuuuu. I had mine replaced yesterday for the battery, and received one with 5.0, without thinking I restored to 5.0.1.....I thought they had just given me one of old supply. Now of COURSE the battery problem persists. facepalm
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Many, many people have found the procedure below fixed the problems that 5.0.1 started. MUST follow in order even new phones. Except for the recharge cycle , takes 5 mins or so. Fixes a corrupt calibration file. This is done on your IPhone. . NOT iTunes.

.... you need to do the entire process step by step including "draining the battery completely". Without draining the battery, the battery settings will not be recalibrated and the issue will likely remain. again, ALL the steps and the ORDER are important to get this to work.

1. Reset all settings (settings app-> general-> reset)

2 a. Go through initial setup steps (lang, wifi, siri, enable location, etc) and choose setup as new phone (don't worry your apps, data, contacts, mail will still be there). Do NOT restore from iCloud or iTunes (It can copy back corrupt settings)

2 b. If you do get the complete new setup screen with language setup and setup as new phone or restore from iTune/iCloud backup, be sure to go back to #1 and reset all settings again (it should happen the second time)

3. Turn off system location services timezone and iAd (settings -> location services -> system services)

4. Fully discharge battery (until you get the spinning wheel and it shuts off)

5. Fully recharge battery (overnight if possible)

From https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3484755?start=705&tstart=0
 
Does this battery drain issue causes my phone to be very hot as well? Not too hot, but it's unpleasant......
 
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HighFlyingBirds said:
Fesan said:
I have never had the FB app and see 5% drain an hour in standby with most settings turned off. Might be that the FB app is bad but it is not the source of my problems atleast:)
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It looks like the FB App starts some process that doesn't quit until the phone is rebooted. Other Apps may also start this process.
Have you tried seeing your phone up as new and not putting any apps on it and seeing what happens?
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Yup, same deal.

Set up as new, turned off every feature except 3g and wifi, no apps or media installed.
 
viewfly said:
Many, many people have found the procedure below fixed the problems that 5.0.1 started. MUST follow in order even new phones. Except for the recharge cycle , takes 5 mins or so. Fixes a corrupt calibration file. This is done on your IPhone. . NOT iTunes.

.... you need to do the entire process step by step including "draining the battery completely". Without draining the battery, the battery settings will not be recalibrated and the issue will likely remain. again, ALL the steps and the ORDER are important to get this to work.

1. Reset all settings (settings app-> general-> reset)

2 a. Go through initial setup steps (lang, wifi, siri, enable location, etc) and choose setup as new phone (don't worry your apps, data, contacts, mail will still be there). Do NOT restore from iCloud or iTunes (It can copy back corrupt settings)

2 b. If you do get the complete new setup screen with language setup and setup as new phone or restore from iTune/iCloud backup, be sure to go back to #1 and reset all settings again (it should happen the second time)

3. Turn off system location services timezone and iAd (settings -> location services -> system services)

4. Fully discharge battery (until you get the spinning wheel and it shuts off)

5. Fully recharge battery (overnight if possible)

From https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3484755?start=705&tstart=0
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After doing all this have you really found it works?! Don't want to do all that if it's just hear-say
 
Burton8219 said:
Why don't you post what you get on average so you can get some reassurance?


I'm lucky to GET to 5 hours... I'm waiting it out, though. Everyone is going nuts, and understandably so, but Apple always gets it right if it's software based (had to cover the Antennagate arguments). It just might take some patience.
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my stats so far...

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Deran786 said:
After doing all this have you really found it works?! Don't want to do all that if it's just hear-say
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Yes it really works- for most people. There are a few that have another problem however.

Steps 1-4 take 10 mins or less. After that just use you phone so it runs down to turning itself off (way past the 10% warning) then charge it overnight (phone can turned back on) and a good hour after reaching 100%. That will be easy overnight.

My battery is really back to normal with location, notifications and push back on. I did go back to fetch afterward due to an exchange server problem. That was a big improvement but had nothing to do with the phone.

On a very very low usage day I went. 31 min usage @ 97%battery level and from 7am to 12 noon.

A more normal usage day with push on is like this:41% battery, 4 hr usage and 14.5 hr standby.

That gets me 7hrs+ projected usage over 2days.

Check the link for more success stories.
 
For the 3rd straight time overnight I lost over 10% in standby where something in the background was making usage

Any suggestions?
 
My 4s is driving me nuts. It keeps registering usage that's about 1/2 to 3/4 of standby time when I'm not using it.

I've tried every trick suggested in this forum, even restoring and setting up as a new phone with NOTHING turned on (location services, siri, mail, no apps, music etc) except 3G and it still gives me the same issue.

Really fed up with this.
 
Losing 1% of charge every 6 minutes while browsin on factory default phone

I am so pissed off with Apple and this overpriced, over-hyped piece of junk. This is my first IPhone, a 4S, coming from a lowly blackberry (that at least worked).

The phone came with iOS 5.0.1. The day after I got it I noticed that the phone was losing 1% charge every 4-6 minutes while I was using it, mainly for browsing the web and Google Maps. There are no Apps or email or anything extra other than what came with the phone!!!

At Idle I am losing 1% every 12 minutes. Thats a total of 120 minutes on Idle or 2hrs instead of the 200 hrs Apple has quoted.

I have tried everything possible: nothing as worked. I even called Apple who then restored the phone and that didn't work either.

What the @!^%^#@% is Apple doing about this problem. I wish I had read this forum before purchasing.

I have an appointment with an Apple GeniAss this afternoon. Do you think there is any chance they will replace the phone (I bought from Verizon 2 days ago). And more importantly, could a replacement phone fix this problem ? I assume not every IPhone 4S owner has this problem ?

Very Very Very upset with Apple. Apple we need a real fix to this BatteryGate.
 
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thunking said:
The phone came with iOS 5.0.1. The day after I got it I noticed that the phone was losing 1% charge every 4-6 minutes while I was using it, mainly for browsing the web and Google Maps. There are no Apps or email or anything extra other than what came with the phone!!!
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Loosing 1% every 4-6 minutes while surfing the web on 3G is about right. That means you will get 400-600minutes (6.6-10hrs) of usage before battery dies. Which is on track with the 6hr 3G battery rating of the iPhone and 9hr for wifi for websurfing. https://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

Your phone is actually getting good battery life!

now if you are losing 1% while screen is off and not using, then that is a different issue.
 
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